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"Sailing" is a 1979 soft rock song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross. It was released in June 1980 as the second single from his self-titled debut album (1979), which was already certified gold by this time.
Instrumental versions of "Sailing" have been recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra (album Classic Rock 1977) and Richard Clayderman (album A Little Night Music – 12 Classic Love Songs 1988). [40] A French version ("Ma musique") has been recorded by Joe Dassin in 1975. [42] A re-worded rave version by Slipstreem was a top 20 hit single in ...
Cross, the album, and the song "Sailing" were nominated for six Grammy Awards in 1980 and won five. [13] Cross was the first artist in Grammy history to win all four general field awards in a single ceremony, bringing home Record of the Year ("Sailing"), Album of the Year ( Christopher Cross ), Song of the Year ("Sailing") and Best New Artist ...
The classic rock/country rock song talks about the enticing yet convoluted pull of California, and more aptly Los Angeles, amidst the ambiance of 12-string guitars, bass, and percussion.
The term yacht rock did not exist contemporaneously with the music the term describes, [6] which was produced from 1975 to 1984. [7] [8] It refers to "adult-oriented rock" [6] or "West Coast Sound", [4] [3] which became identified with yacht rock in 2005, when the term was coined in J. D. Ryznar et al.'s online video series of the same name.
Arguably the biggest rock band of the '70s, the Eagles' two albums from that era—"Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)" and "Hotel California"—are among the bestselling records of all time.
The following is a list of notable soft rock bands and artists and their most notable soft rock songs. This list should not include artists whose main style of music is anything other than soft rock, even if they have released one or more songs that fall under the "soft rock" genre. (Such songs can be added under Category:Soft rock songs.)
The double LP live album represents the height of ‘70s rock excess, so leave it to the longwinded prog rockers of Yes to swing for the fences with a triple live album, complete with a Yessongs ...